Villa Vassilieff presents the first exhibition dedicated to the Belgian artist Sophie Podolski in Paris, following its presentation at WIELS, Brussels earlier this year. Born in 1953 in Brussels, Sophie Podolski was, during her lifetime, mostly known as a poet, gathering the interest of the Parisian literary avant-garde. Her work is emblematic of a time marked by sexual liberation, anti-psych atry and a disenchanted youth. In just a few years (between 1968 and 1974, the date of her suicide at the age of 21), she produced a remarkable graphic work, as well as a book: Le pays oł tout est permis (The Country Where Everything Is Permitted) in 1972. This young autodidact wrote in an expressive and provocative, unrestrained style about life, popular culture and the conformism of society. While writing and drawing are almost inextricable for Podolski, during her lifetime she was
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